Container storing apparatus for container ship



Sept. 16, 1969 MASANAO OSHIMA CONTAINER STORING APPARATUS FOR CONTAINER SHIP Filed Aug. 31, 1967 mvswroa: MASANAO OSHIMA ATTYS.

United States Patent 3,467,044 CONTAINER STORING APPARATUS FOR CONTAINER SHIP Masanao Oshima, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, assignor to Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, a corporation of Japan Filed Aug. 31, 1967, Ser. No. 664,791 Claims priority, application Japan, Sept. 3, 1966,

1/ 58,337 Int. Cl. B63b 25/22 US. Cl. 11472 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In a container ship having upright container guides comprising angle iron adapted to slidably receive the four corners of the containers, means to maintain the containers at a fixed location above the bottom of the container guides so as to permit storage of non-containerized freight in the space under the containers. The holding means comprises pillars of the desired height releasably mounted in each of the container guides so as to support the four corners of the containers above the bottoms of the guides.

The present invention relates to a freight container storing apparatus for container ship.

In the conventional container ship, it is impossible to load the large or long size freight, for example long steel product, which cannot be contained in the container, can not be loaded in the container hold together with the other containers.

An object of the invention is to provide a container storing apparatus into which containers and such freights as cannot be contained in the container can be loaded together in the same hold.

In accordance with the present invention, the container storing apparatus is characterized by that supporting pillars of suitable height are mounted on the inner bottom of the container hold along container guides which are provided vertically in the container hold near at four corners of the each container, the containers are supported on the tops of the supporting pillars. Thus, under the containers, a hold for storing the freight is formed.

Still further objects of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following description.

Referring now to the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a part of a container ship providing a container storing apparatus in accordance with the invention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged elevational view of supporting pillars illustrated in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view-of the pillars taken on line 44 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 in FIG. 3; and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a top part of container guides.

3,467,044 Patented Sept. 16, 1969 tainer guides 18 for positioning containers 17. These container guides 18 are formed of angle-iron and extend vertically the height of the container hold, and welded to brackets 19 which are welded to the longitudinal bulkhead 12, deck 14 and beams 15 and 16.

The lower ends-of the container guides 18 are secured on doubling plates 22 fixed to an inner bottom plate 20. The container guides 18 are spaced to provide relatively small clearance between the container guide and the container 17 and to guide the corners of the containers 17 when the containers are loaded.

In accordance with the present invention, container supporting pillars 23 are stood on the doubling plates 22 along the inner sides of the container guides 18. Height of the container supporting pillar 23 is determined according to height of the freight hold to be formed.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the container supporting pillars 23 have supporting plates 24 at the tops of them to receive corner posts 21 of the containers 17. From the one side plate of the container supporting pillar 23 are projected two L-shaped hooks 25. The bended portion 27 of the each hook 25 projects outwardly from the container guide 18 through hole 26 and the inner side of the bended portion 27 engages with the outside of the container guide 18 to hold the supporting pillar 23 in vertical state. Thus, if the supporting pillar is lifted a height nearly equal to the length of the bended portion 27, the supporting pillar may be removed from the container guide 18.

In loading long size freights such as long steel products into the container hold, the supporting pillars 23 are provided along the each container guide 18 as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. The freight 28 is then loaded on inner bottom 20, and may be stacked the height of the supporting pillars. The containers 17 are then lowered into the container hold along the container guides 18 and rested on the supporting plates 24 of the tops of the supporting pillars 23 by the corner posts 21 of them, and more containers are stacked on the loaded container.

In loading the containers only, the supporting pillars are removed. As a result the all space in the container hold may be used for storing the containers.

I claim:

1. In a container ship having a hold having a plurality of sets of container guides, each set comprising four upright angle members defining a container cell adapted to slidably receive a container to guide the same, a set of four pillars for each container cell, each pillar mounted in the angle of one of the container guides adjacent the bottom thereof, said pillars having bases engaged on the bottom of said hold and tops cooperable to support the corners of a container received in said guides at a predetermined elevation above the bottom of said guides.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1 including releasable fastening means securing each of said pillars to its associated container guide.

3. Apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said releasable fastening means comprise hooks on said pillars and openings in said container guides in registry with said hooks so as to eifect releasable engagement of said pillars with said guides by engagement of said books through said openings.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,111,104 11/1963 Seymour et al. 114-72 3,380,422 4/1968 Bachko 11472 TRYGVE M. BLIX, Primary Examiner 

